Gingrich's 'fantasy land'

Newt Gingrich, who promises Americans gasoline at $2.50 a gallon, today accused President Obama of living in a "fantasy land" when it comes to energy because he talks about making fuel from algae. That makes him very different from Gingrich, whose fantasy land encompasses everything.

He says Obama is to blame for high gas prices because he won't allow enough drilling -- forgetting that US oil production is at an eight-year high, with more drilling rigs in operation here than in the entire rest of the world. Gingrich doesn't seem to understand that the rise in prices is the result of tensions and uncertainty over Iran. He would bomb Iran, which of course would send prices far higher.

If you want a hint of Newt's disconnection from the broader realities of the world, recall some of his ludicrous boasts about his campaign. "We’re like Apple as compared to Microsoft,” Gingrich said, disparaging Romney. “We’re very agile, we’re very organic, we’re very innovative."

Or: "I’m totally unique. My campaign resembles nothing that has ever been run. It’s a very idea- oriented, Internet-based, constantly-evolving. It’s organic.” He bragged in January that "my ability to organize and orchestrate things would be vastly greater than a normal politician." This is guy who has long fancied himself "a transformational figure."

His claim that Obama lives in fantasy land? More evidence that Gingrich doesn't see the world -- he hallucinates it.